Episode:Genesis

"Genesis"
An episode from Heroes
Episode Nb	Season 1 Episode 01
Production code	101
Guest starring
Cristine Rose as Angela Petrelli Jack Coleman as M. Bennet Ashley Crow as Sandra Bennet Thomas Dekker as Zach Shishir Kurup as Nirand James Kyson Lee as Ando John Prosky as Micah's principal Deirdre Quinn as Tina Brian Tarantina as Weasel and Richard Roundtree as Charles Deveaux
Episode chronology
"Don't Look Back"

Summary

• As Mohinder Suresh seeks answers about his father's recent death, ordinary people around the world begin to exhibit extraordinary abilities.
• Claire Bennet, a high school cheerleader, learns she is indestructible.
• Peter Petrelli dreams he can fly, and as he tries to put this to the test, his brother Nathan reveals something he never suspected.
• Niki, a single mother, fears she's losing her mind.
• Isaac discovers his drug-induced paintings are coming true.
• Hiro learns he can travel through time and space.

Story

Where does it come from—this quest, this need to solve life's mysteries when the simplest of questions can never be answered? Why are we here? What is the soul? Why do we dream? Perhaps we'd be better off not looking at all. Not delving, not yearning. But that's not human nature. Not the human heart. That is not why we are here.